Superman’s chest logo (also known as the S-Shield) is legendary. But it didn’t always look like it does today.
We created a Superman Logo infographic over 10 years ago. So I decided to update the infographic and added more designs.
Here’s the list of logos included in this version.
- Action Comics #1 (1938)
- Action Comics #7 (1938)
- Superman #1 (1939)
- Superman #4 (1940)
- Superman #6 (1940)
- Action Comics #26 (1940)
- Superman #7 (1940)
- World’s Fair (1940)
- Max Fleischer Superman (1941)
- Superman #9 (1941)
- Superman #26 (1944)
- Columbia Serials (1948)
- The Adventures of Superman (1952)
- Super Friends (1973)
- ‘It’s a Bird… It’s a Plane… It’s Superman.’ (1975)
- Superman: The Movie (1978)
- DC Comics Presents Annual #1 (1982)
- Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985)
- Superboy (1988)
- Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1993)
- Superman The Man of Steel #22 (1993)
- Superman #75 (1993)
- Kingdom Come (1996)
- Superman: The Animated Series (1996)
- Superman #123 (1997)
- DC One Million 1 (1998)
- DC One Million 2 (1998)
- Smallville (Mark of El) (2002)
- Superman \ Batman #1 (2003)
- Superman: Red Son (2003)
- Superman: True Brit (2004)
- Superman Returns (2006)
- Smallville (2006)
- Blackest Night (2010)
- Action Comics #1 (2011)
- Superman #1 (2011)
- Flashpoint (2011)
- Superman Beyond (2012)
- Superman Family Adventures (2012)
- Man of Steel (2013)
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
- Justice League Action (2016)
- Crisis on Infinite Earths (2019)
- Zack Snyder Justice League (2021)
- Superman & Lois (2021)
- My Adventures with Superman (2023)
- The Flash (2023)
- Superman (2025)
You can also click the link to read the history of every Superman logo.
Credits:
- Metropolis Plus
- Superman Homepage
- Logo Design Love
- Fabrik Brands
- USA Today
- Original Superman designs by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster
